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Cytron Technologies Shield-G15 User Manual

Arduino shield for controlling cytron’s g15 cube servo
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ROBOT . HEAD to TOE
Product User's Manual – ​
G 15 Shield R2
G15 Shield
SHIELD-G15 Rev2.0
User's Manual
V1.0
April 2015
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Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Right Reserved

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  • Page 1 ROBOT . HEAD to TOE Product User’s Manual – ​ G 15 Shield R2 G15 Shield SHIELD-G15 Rev2.0 User's Manual V1.0 April 2015 Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Right Reserved...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Product User’s Manual – ​ G 15 Shield R2 Index Introduction Packing List Product Specification and Limitation Board or Product Layout Dimension Half Duplex Serial Communication Hardware Installation Getting Started Warranty 1​ Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Right Reserved...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Selectable Digital pins for UART communication with G15, via mini jumpers. ● 2 LEDs as logic power and servo power indicators. ● TX and RX LED indicators, new on Rev2.0. ● On pad internal and external power selectable. ● Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Right Reserved...

  • Page 4: Packing List

    Please check the parts and components according to the packing lists. If there are any parts missing, please contact us at ​ s ales@cytron.com.my​ immediately. 1. 1 x ​ G 15 Shield 2. 3 x ​ m ini jumper Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Right Reserved...

  • Page 5: Product Specification And Limitation

    ROBOT . HEAD to TOE Product User’s Manual – ​ G 15 Shield R2 3.0 PRODUCT SPECIFICATION AND LIMITATIONS Parameter Typical Unit Logic Voltage Servo Motor’s Voltage Servo Motor’s Current Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Right Reserved...

  • Page 6: Board Or Product Layout

    User may choose D2 or D8 as the control pin of G15’s UART communication. The selection is done by changing the mini jumper selector. You will need this pin in the Arduino sketch. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Right Reserved...
  • Page 7 Power indicator LED for logic power (5V). The LED will turn on when 5V power is supplied to this board. 13. RX Indicator LED RX LED as indicator for RX signal. 14. TX Indicator LED TX LED as indicator for TX signal. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Right Reserved...

  • Page 8: Dimension

    ROBOT . HEAD to TOE Product User’s Manual – ​ G 15 Shield R2 5.0 DIMENSION Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Right Reserved...

  • Page 9: Half Duplex Serial Communication

    1 (logic high), it is in receive mode (Arduino receives data from G15). Else if control pin is 0 (logic low), it is in transmit mode (Arduino transmits data to G15). Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Right Reserved...
  • Page 10 The following flowchart shows the communication flow for G15 Cube Servo. The control pin can be either D2 or D8. For the communication protocol, please refer to ​ G 15 Cube Servo User’s Manual. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Right Reserved...

  • Page 11: Hardware Installation

    Arduino Uno and G15 Shield; it is simply stacking up the shield onto the main board. 1. Set TX,RX and CTRL pin for Shield-G15. The selection is done by using mini jumper on board. Please be cautious to initialize the correct Arduino’s digital pin according to the selected control pin for the communication.
  • Page 12 3. Supply power to Arduino main board. The PWR LED will light up in green colour. Connect G15 Cube Servo after loading user firmware to the Arduino main board as shown in the figure below. Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Right Reserved...

  • Page 13: Getting Started

    ROBOT . HEAD to TOE Product User’s Manual – ​ G 15 Shield R2 8.0 GETTING STARTED User may follow this tutorial link to getting started with G15 and Shield-G15. The tutorial is using Shield-G15 Revision1. http://tutorial.cytron.com.my/2012/11/27/getting-started-withcube-servo-g15/ http://tutorial.cytron.com.my/2014/07/17/testing-your-cube-servo/ Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Right Reserved...

  • Page 14: Warranty

    No. 16, Jalan Industri Ringan Permatang Tinggi 2, Kawasan Industri Ringan Permatang Tinggi, 14100 Simpang Ampat, Penang, Malaysia. Tel: +604 - 504 1878 Fax: +604 - 504 0138 URL: www.cytron.com.my Email: ​ s upport@cytron.com.my sales@cytron.com.my Created by Cytron Technologies Sdn. Bhd. – All Right Reserved...

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